Trousers supporting means



Jan. 12, 1943. w. GLUCKMA-NN 2,308,278,

TROUSERS SUPPR'I'ING MEANS 7 Filed N06, 10, 19:59

. INVENTORI Mum Qua/0 mm A ORNEYS Patented Jan. 12, 1943 stares William Gluclrmann, Jamaica, N. Y.

Application November 19, 1939,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to trousers supporting means and has for its principal object to provide a novel type of suspenders which in cooperation with an adaptable form of shirt will permit the suspenders to be worn concealed beneath the shirt; and this will be of special advantage to those men who find it inconvenient to depend upon a belt to support the trousers and who at the same time dislike the appearance of suspenders which are visible on the wearer in the absence of a vest. With the use of my invention a belt may be worn purely as an ornament.

A further advantage is that in with my invention the suspenders may be first attached to the trousers and put on the wearer the usual way without regard to the shirt, which may be put on afterwards without in any way disturbing the attachment of the st spenders to the trousers or their position on the wearer, or the shirt may in like manner be removed. Still a further advantage is that the shirt is preserved in neat relation to the trousers and the creeping and blousing of the shirt over the top of the trousers is prevented, or a neat blousing or overhang of a fold of the shirt over the top of the trousers may be effected and maintained, thus obviating the frequent manual adjustments required to maintain the shirt in neat relation to the top of the trousers when the trousers are held in position by a belt.

Other and further objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following description of it, taken in connection the an neXed drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view in perspective of my invention showing the relation of suspenders, shirt and trousers as on the wearer.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail view, somewhat enlarged, of a portion of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the attachment plate.

Fig. 5 is a view of the portion of the shirt showing a slit therein as closed by stitching prior to use in connection with the invention.

Referring to the drawing, the suspenders of my invention are composed of two straps i and 2 of suitable webbing and of sufiicient length to extend upwardly from the top of the trousers along the front of the upper portion of the body or the wearer, across the shoulders and down to a point on the back where they merge and thence continue as a single strap 3 to the trousers as shown in Fig. 1. The three ends of said straps are each Serial No. 393,773

provided with means for attaching them to the trousers, which in the case of the two front straps are held in adjustable loops thereof to permit varying the length or the suspenders. Since the three attachment means are identical in construction the following detailed description of one of them will suffice. is a small plate preferably of metal bent around at its bottom end to form a hook 5 adapted to engage a metal strip 6 securely fastened at each of ends by sewing or otherwise, as at l, to the ir isle of the waistband of the trousers and at a s ient depth below the upper edge Q of trouse s so that the tip of the tongue 8 will be below said upper edge when the hook ii is in engagement with the strip 6. The tongue 8, which should be of a springy nature, can be formed either as a stamped out portion of the fiat piece 3 as shown, or it may be a separate piece riveted or otherwise attached thereto at its lower end. Its function is to grip and hold the shirt to the plate l. Each of the plates n is connected to an end of the straps i, 2 and 3 by means of a ring id held in the turned over upper end of the plate t and in a loop in the ends of said straps.

The shirt ii to be used in connection with my invention may be of any well known type except that it is formed with three vertical slits l2 extending from the bottom. up to a level which will be slightly below the upper edge 9 of the waistband of the trousers when both the shirt and trousers are in place upon the wearer. These slits are disposed around the shirt, one being in the medial line of the back and each of the other two approximately midway between the medial line of the front and the two vertical side means of the shirt so as to be in line with the points of attachment of the suspenders to the trousers.

In operation, the trousers, with the suspenders attached thereto, are first put on the wearer, after which the shirt is put on, the lower ends or tails of the shirt are tucked into the trousers, the said slits enabling them to pass on either side of the hooks 5 at its point of engagement with the strip 6, and the portions of the shirt at the upper ends of the slits 52 are inserted between the tongue 8 and the plate i, whereby the shirt is held securely insmooth relation to the trousers, without any part of the suspenders being visible; or a fold may be made in the shirt at said point and the folded edge may be inserted behind the tongue to give a blouse effect.

It is obvious that the height of the slits will vary with different men and with different waist heights of the trousers, and to meet this condition the shirt, as it comes to the user, is provided with the slits which have been previously cut to the maximum height found necessary, but the said slits are closed, their edges being joined together by suitable stitching l3 and H as shown in Fig. 5.

The stitching [3 consists of the well known triangular embroidered stop points which function to prevent any tearing of the slits beyond them and a sufiicient number of them are employed to permit the slits to be cut open to the proper height to accommodate the particular user of the invention. The stitching l4 may be of any ordinary type or it may be a form of lock stitch such that the severance of the threads up to the desired height will not subject the stitching above it to become loose and permit a further opening of the slits. Where such a lock stitch is employed it may be used for the entire length of the slit to the exclusion of the stop points l3. It is obvious that a shirt constructed in this manner may be also used otherwise than in connection with my invention by leaving the slits unopened.

The specific construction of my invention as illustrated and described may be varied in many respects without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A pair of suspenders provided at their ends with means for attaching them to both trousers and shirt, said means comprising a plate having its lower end bent in a form of a hook to engage the trousers through vertical slits extending upwards from the bottom of said shirt, and an upwardly extending spring clip positioned above said hook to receive and hold a shirt adjacent the upper ends of said slits.

2. In a shirt, a plurality of vertical slits extending from the bottom thereof to a level adjacent the top of the trousers and substantially in line with the points of attachment of suspenders to said trousers when said shirt, trousers and suspenders are in place upon a wearer, said slits being normally held closed by a series of independent stitchings disposed along the length of said slits.

3. In combination, a pair of suspenders and a shirt, said suspenders being provided with means for adjusting their length and means for attaching them to trousers on the inside of the waistband thereof at a level below the upper edge of said trousers, and said shirt being provided with a plurality of vertical slits extending from the bottom thereof substantially in line with the points of attachment of said suspenders to said trousers when said shirt, trousers and suspenders are in place upon a wearer, said slits being normally held closed by a series of stitching disposed along the length of said slits and adapted to be severed for a selected distance to conform with the adjusted length of said suspenders leaving the remainder of said stitchings unaffected, said trousers attaching means comprising a plate having its lower end bent in the form of a hook to engage the trousers and an upwardly extending clip positioned above said hook to receive and hold said shirt at the top of the severed stitchmgs.

WILLIAM GLUCKMANN. 

